Pearce, Celia

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Digital access to this material is pending artist's approval. Materials may be viewed onsite at the Goldsen Archive, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Kroch Library, Cornell University.

Since 1983, I have been involved in the creation of public installations that seek to expand
audience participation and creativity. For over two decades, I have described what I do as
"experience design," and more recently, borrowing from Joseph Beuys, as "social sculpting."
I have worked primarily in the areas of social media and particularly "spatial media," work
that focuses on navigation and physical space as a metaphor, as well as a container for
narrative and social interaction. I have worked on the design of both physical and virtual
spaces under the auspices of game design, attractions design and media art. I consider myself
a designer first and foremost, but also work as a writer, teacher and lecturer.

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The Electronic Quilting Bee is as an installation/event/game in which participants utilize wearable
technology and traditional quilt-making techniques to create a giant physical quilt. Each participant
creates a single ...